Author Topic: iStock delaying PayPal til Friday (Read 11921 times)

rubyroo · « **Reply #25 on:** October 12, 2010, 14:57 »

Quote from: traveler1116 on October 12, 2010, 14:54

Awesome!

rubyroo · « **Reply #26 on:** October 12, 2010, 15:00 »

Quote from: cclapper on October 12, 2010, 14:56

Let me answer that for you...NO! Apparently IS doesn't know how to mass email...in the 5 or 6 years I've been there, the only email I've gotten is the newsletter or responses to email's I have sent. Never any heads-up type of emails.

Oh... that does not bode well.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2010, 15:00 »

Quote from: cclapper on October 12, 2010, 14:56

..in the 5 or 6 years I've been there, the only email I've gotten is the newsletter or responses to email's I have sent. Never any heads-up type of emails.

I did get email announcing the big cash grab Sept 7th this year - but otherwise they let you figure it out via the forums as best you can.

henryviii · « **Reply #28 on:** October 12, 2010, 15:12 »

Quote from: cclapper on October 12, 2010, 14:56

Quote from: rubyroo on October 12, 2010, 14:23
Thanks so much JS, for the heads up.

Quote from: pieman on October 12, 2010, 13:05
It's a technical glitch. Payments will stay as they have been over the last 2 years. There will be no change in the payment schedule. It sucks but it will be resolved for Friday Morning.

...and thanks for dropping in here Pieman. Could I just ask.... will contributors who don't frequent MSG and the iStock forum receive an email notification?

Let me answer that for you...NO! Apparently IS doesn't know how to mass email...in the 5 or 6 years I've been there, the only email I've gotten is the newsletter or responses to email's I have sent. Never any heads-up type of emails.

There was a mass email for kelly's first 'everything is great for us so we're making things worse for you' announcement.

Microbius · « **Reply #29 on:** October 12, 2010, 15:39 »

Oh brilliant, oh incredible, wow, how many more balls ups and screw overs can the squeeze into a few weeks.
You couldn't write this crap.
How the f'ing heck did these clowns ever get to be market leaders?

cathyslife · « **Reply #30 on:** October 12, 2010, 16:01 »

Quote from: retroimages on October 12, 2010, 15:12

Quote from: cclapper on October 12, 2010, 14:56
Quote from: rubyroo on October 12, 2010, 14:23
Thanks so much JS, for the heads up.

Quote from: pieman on October 12, 2010, 13:05
It's a technical glitch. Payments will stay as they have been over the last 2 years. There will be no change in the payment schedule. It sucks but it will be resolved for Friday Morning.

...and thanks for dropping in here Pieman. Could I just ask.... will contributors who don't frequent MSG and the iStock forum receive an email notification?

Let me answer that for you...NO! Apparently IS doesn't know how to mass email...in the 5 or 6 years I've been there, the only email I've gotten is the newsletter or responses to email's I have sent. Never any heads-up type of emails.

There was a mass email for kelly's first 'everything is great for us so we're making things worse for you' announcement.

You're taking my statement a little too literal. I think you know perfectly well what I mean...or else you're a newbie, in which case you may not know what I mean.

dgilder · « **Reply #31 on:** October 12, 2010, 17:30 »

Page 2, a little more than halfway down:

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=264141&page=2

Rogermexico admits it was iStock's fault, they forgot to transfer the money to Paypal.

cathyslife · « **Reply #32 on:** October 12, 2010, 17:36 »

Quote from: pieman on October 12, 2010, 13:05

It's a technical glitch. Payments will stay as they have been over the last 2 years. There will be no change in the payment schedule. It sucks but it will be resolved for Friday Morning.

Glitch insinuates something went wrong electronically. What he meant to say was it's a technical snafu.

Quote

Rogermexico admits it was iStock's fault, they forgot to transfer the money to Paypal.

How many people work in accounting at IS? Just one? and they forgot to do the transfer? Hmmm. Everyone must have been busy at an istockalypse.

loop · « **Reply #33 on:** October 12, 2010, 18:00 »

Being the fisrt time in six years I don't consider it more than an accident.

jamirae · « **Reply #34 on:** October 12, 2010, 18:51 »

Quote from: loop on October 12, 2010, 18:00

Being the fisrt time in six years I don't consider it more than an accident.

I am pretty sure this happened once before, but can't find any info on when (the istock forum search sucks - or maybe my searching skills do

). Either that or I am recalling the PayPal maintenance that affected things, but I'm pretty sure there was a 'snafu' like this sometime back, but it was less than six years ago. I admit that I could actually be wrong.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #35 on:** October 12, 2010, 19:04 »

It has happened before - more than once, I think - but it's generally been a much shorter delay. Here is a recent example.

As far as an explanation, as far as they got was "mistakes were made". I prefer sentences in the active vs. the passive voice as it looks less like someone's trying to duck responsibility. I also don't understand why, in an age of virtually instant wire transfers, it takes until Friday to fix whatever the mistake was.

However, as contributors we don't apparently get to know the details on such things. Trust us and all that.

loop · « **Reply #36 on:** October 12, 2010, 19:24 »

Quote from: jamirae on October 12, 2010, 18:51

Quote from: loop on October 12, 2010, 18:00

Being the fisrt time in six years I don't consider it more than an accident.

I am pretty sure this happened once before, but can't find any info on when (the istock forum search sucks - or maybe my searching skills do ). Either that or I am recalling the PayPal maintenance that affected things, but I'm pretty sure there was a 'snafu' like this sometime back, but it was less than six years ago. I admit that I could actually be wrong.

Yes, there had benn a pair of short paypal mantenance problems, and some trouble back in 2008 when some people dind't see in the forums that there was a payment cut-off at Christmas holidays. That's all I can remember, payments have been coming always o'clock.

cathyslife · « **Reply #37 on:** October 12, 2010, 19:42 »

Quote from: jsnover on October 12, 2010, 19:04

It has happened before - more than once, I think - but it's generally been a much shorter delay. Here is a recent example.

As far as an explanation, as far as they got was "mistakes were made". I prefer sentences in the active vs. the passive voice as it looks less like someone's trying to duck responsibility. I also don't understand why, in an age of virtually instant wire transfers, it takes until Friday to fix whatever the mistake was.

However, as contributors we don't apparently get to know the details on such things. Trust us and all that.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing myself. And IS must be a big client for paypal...certainly the transfer could be speeded up? I personally doubt that "mistakes were made" and think there is some other sort of problem, but my speculation, of course. Too many things don't add up. Funny, when I use my debit card at the gas pumps, the transaction shows up on my bank account within hours. And the money comes out of my account the next day.

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